The Discourse of Slavery
From Aphra Behn to Toni Morrison
List Price: $43.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-08152-8
- Binding: Paperback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 05/12/1994
- Pages: 251
- Trim Size: 216X138
About the Book
The Discourse of Slavery is an innovative collection of fascinating essays addressing the problematic of slavery within literary, cultural and political writings. For the first time, slavery is examined critically within both the British and the American context, and related to contemporary concerns around race and gender.Writers discussed include:
Aphra Behn
William Blake
Mary Wollstonecraft
Charlotte Bronte
Elizabeth Gaskell
Toni Morrison
William Faulkner
Harriet Jacobs
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglass
The Discourse of Slavery will be an invaluable and intriguing volume for students of literature, gender, race and ethnicity.

